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*''Japanese'': 屋久島 ''(Yakushima)''
Yakushima is an island in [[Kagoshima prefecture]], one of the [[Osumi Islands|Ôsumi Islands]] located just south of the [[Kyushu]] mainland. Large sections of the island are covered in ancient virgin forest, and have been designated a Natural [[World Heritage Site]].
The people of Yakushima began paying regular [[tribute]] to the [[Yamato state]] in the 7th century.<ref>Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 51.</ref> It's unclear when this practice may have died off.
In the [[Edo period]], Yakushima was overseen by a ''[[bugyo|bugyô]]'' appointed by [[Satsuma han]]. A number of other officials, including Chinese-language interpreters, were also stationed there.<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Kei, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 244.</ref>
In [[1708]], [[Jesuit]] missionary [[Giovanni Battista Sidotti]] landed on Yakushima, as part of intentional efforts to sneak into Japan. He was swiftly apprehended and turned over to [[Tokugawa shogunate]] authorities; Sidotti is believed to have been the last missionary to enter Japan prior to the end of [[maritime restrictions]] in the 1850s.
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[[Category:Geographic Locations]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
Yakushima is an island in [[Kagoshima prefecture]], one of the [[Osumi Islands|Ôsumi Islands]] located just south of the [[Kyushu]] mainland. Large sections of the island are covered in ancient virgin forest, and have been designated a Natural [[World Heritage Site]].
The people of Yakushima began paying regular [[tribute]] to the [[Yamato state]] in the 7th century.<ref>Yokoyama Manabu 横山学, ''Ryûkyû koku shisetsu torai no kenkyû'' 琉球国使節渡来の研究, Tokyo: Yoshikawa kôbunkan (1987), 51.</ref> It's unclear when this practice may have died off.
In the [[Edo period]], Yakushima was overseen by a ''[[bugyo|bugyô]]'' appointed by [[Satsuma han]]. A number of other officials, including Chinese-language interpreters, were also stationed there.<ref>Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Kei, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," ''Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô'' 31 (2006), 244.</ref>
In [[1708]], [[Jesuit]] missionary [[Giovanni Battista Sidotti]] landed on Yakushima, as part of intentional efforts to sneak into Japan. He was swiftly apprehended and turned over to [[Tokugawa shogunate]] authorities; Sidotti is believed to have been the last missionary to enter Japan prior to the end of [[maritime restrictions]] in the 1850s.
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==References==
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[[Category:Geographic Locations]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
